Camp Closeted novel Chapter 20

"Benny you might as well do it." Logan sighed as he stretched out on his seat. "You have no time, the bonfire is tomorrow night."

"I really can't you guys." Benny shook his head no as he crinkled his face at us. "His ass is going to say no. You guys don't understand, he's so different from me!"

I remained quiet, catching myself unconsciously look at Jesse from my table.

Logan gently landed his hands onto Benny's, making him slightly flinch back as Logan's voice began to speak softly to him. "Sometimes in life, you can't always depend on other people to read your mind and do what you want them to do. Sometimes, you're the one that has to put in the work."

"You're right." Benny surrendered.

Benny took a moment to himself as Logan and I glanced at each other in confusion as to what Benny wanted to do. "You know what. Y'all right. That made me understand that I'm not the type of person willing to put in work, and to me, that's okay. Fuck the bonfire, I'm not going. I don't need a man." My mouth dropped at Benny as he crossed his arms at us.

"Damn." Logan stared at Benny completely awed. "Even with being best friends with you for the past 5 years, you still manage to surprise me."

The second our table became quiet, a deep and charmingly masculine voice quickly caught all of our attention, making us look at whom the voice belonged to.

"Aye, you new right?" The gorgeously looking boy asked me, Benny letting out a loud gasp to himself.

"M-me?" I wanted to make sure he was talking to me as I stuttered before him.

"Yea you. I'm Miles." He nodded as he returned his firm hand shake. "We don't know each other but you seem chill. You down to go the bonfire with me tomorrow night?" His smirk was widened enough for me to see his perfectly white teeth.

I watched Benny blink a couple of times in subtle despair as he laid his head against his hand.